Film City Dark' explores nighttime ecology

The Schuylkill River Heritage Area in partnership with Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site and the Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council will hold a free viewing of Ian Cheney’s the “City Dark” in the South Hall Community Room of the Montgomery County Community College West Campus on Tuesday, July 23.

Doors to open at 6:30 p.m. A special introduction by Schuylkill River Heritage Area Executive Director Kurt Zwikl will precede the film at 7, followed by a post-film discussion session led by Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council President Stan Stubbe.

After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question — do we need the stars? — taking him from Brooklyn to Mauna Kea, Paris, and beyond.

Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the implications of a globe glittering with lights — including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above.

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Free tickets can be reserved through http://citydark.eventbrite.com/.

For more information, see the website at http://www.schuylkillriver.org/Detail.aspx?id=5834.

The Montgomery County Community College West Campus is between the junction of South Hanover St. and East High St., at 101 College Dr., South Hall in Pottstown.